1910 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



725 



clear down to the bottom-bar, for many 

 reasons, and I know of none opposed. A 

 scant yi inch at the ends is all right, and I 

 shall have my foundation cut so as to hang 

 within }i inch of the bottom-bar hereafter, 

 and try to get combs built clear down. 



WIRING FRAMES. 



Nearly each one has some particular way 

 of doing similar things. Now, in wiring 

 frames I use only three wires. The frames 

 come bored for four, but I do not find the 

 top one necessary. I believe the slot and 

 wedge of the Hoffman frame to be the most 

 perfect manner of fastening the foundation 

 at the top, and I have no trouble whatever 

 with its sagging between the top and the 

 first wire I use — the second in the frame. 

 There is a slight sagging in the middle of 

 the frame between the two lower wires. I 

 have recently examined a lot of combs 

 which have just been drawn during an 

 August flow from goldenrod, and I find 

 them all good. They have been filled with 

 brood and honey, and are fine except the 

 wasted ^ inch above the botiom-bars. 



FEEDERS. 



I use a two-quart Mason improved glass 

 jar, the kind having a glass top, with screw 

 cap. Take off the glass, put on tw^o rub- 

 bers, a fine perforat> d tin in place of the 

 glass, and you have a feeder that works 



fine. Invert it over a small board with hole 

 therein slightly smaller than the top of the 

 jar. For spring stimulative feeding you 

 can feed just as slowly as desired by adding 

 a pasteboard inside of the perforated tin, 

 having a hole therein of such size as will 

 give the result desired. No heat is lost with 

 this kind. It can be put right over the 

 cluster, and two quarts will last a week. 



RABBETS. 



I use galvanized iron, cut half an inch 

 less than the inside width of the hive. A 

 piece l}4 inches in width is folded over y& 

 inch, but not pressed together. When 

 nailed on the inside of the end, this folded 

 edge rests on the wood and the nailing will 

 always hold. A heavy frame may be drop- 

 ped on it without bending or knocking off. 

 I find it strong and very durable, and it 

 does nof. cut fingers as sharp edges do at 

 1 imes. They are cut short so as not to be 

 filled at ends with propolis so quickly. 



Barre, Vt. 



[Increasing the size of worker foundation 

 in order to get larger bees has been tried. 

 In the first place, we are not sure that larg- 

 er workers would be desirable. Second, 

 larger cells do not seem to accomplish such 

 a result. The bees try to rear drones in 

 them, mistaking them for drone-cells; but 

 they make bad work of it, and finally give 

 the thing up in apparent disgust. — Ed.] 



STTRPLUS HONEY FROM ONE COLONY. 



